The county's first ever lifeguard police officer has made waves... after helping save a life on his first day on the job.

Rochester Cathedral will receive £200,000 towards the cost of urgent repairs to its library and vestry roof.

A couple of benefits cheats have avoided jail despite 'forgetting' an inheritance to claim £24,000 in handouts.

Bosses behind £2bn plans for an entertainment resort in Kent have outlined the timeframe for the project as public exhibitions open today.

Firefighters were left bemused when they were called out to a huge blaze... to find out it was a sunset.

Workers from four unions will unite in Kent today as part of a rally and march over pay and conditions.

Firefighters led horses away from a blazing stable block after straw bales caught light.

Congestion could ease after a £15m cash injection to revamp a town's gyratory system.

Kent's largest hospital is to remain in special measures after it was again branded inadequate today following an inspection of every department.

A pilot training company has lost its High Court bid to return to Manston airport where it had been based for 30 years before the site was closed.

A man was at risk of floating adrift after his anchor chain snapped when moored in the Thames late last night.

Two convicted robbers were tonight at large after failing to return to an open prison.

A firefighter found covered in sick and slumped in his car has avoided jail despite being convicted for a third drink-driving offence.

A young man has appeared in court to deny murder after a street stabbing.

After a crushing World Cup defeat, the humiliated Brazilian team have been challenged to play a friendly against teenagers in Kent.

A bus driver allegedly ignored requests to stop and hurled abuse at ambulance crews as they helped an 85-year-old man injured in a fall.

Masked raiders wielding baseball bats were forced to flee empty-handed when a loading bay was rammed instead of a cash vault, a court heard.

A sharp-eyed commuter spotted this police van outside a station with a tax disc more than a month out of date.

Channel Tunnel passengers have been enduring more delays today after a train stopped mid-journey - just two days after travel chaos.

A man has been knocked unconscious with a bottle outside a pub before he is believed to have been kicked in the head.